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Hayden Mitman/LehighValleyNews.comLehigh County prosecutors tried to avoid the standard procedures for criminal court by bypassing defendants' preliminary hearings. Instead, Lehigh County Judge Thomas Caffrey ruled the cases should proceed Friday morning as scheduled. -
Evan Vucci/AP/APIn this week's episode, Political Pulse host Tom Shortell and political scientist Chris Borick talk about current events shaping political opinions in unexpected ways. Borick said it marks a "wild start" to 2026 and could set the stage for the rest of the year.
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Check out this roundup of Lehigh Valley election races, where voters cast ballots for candidates at the county and local levels on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. -
Unofficial results show Democrats with decisive leads in both contested races for Northampton County Council late Tuesday, setting up a 6-3 Democratic majority come January.
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Democrat Brian Panella declared victory in the race for Northampton County judge late Tuesday, likely securing a 10-year term on the Court of Common Pleas.
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School board races were among the most prominent contests Tuesday across the Lehigh Valley.
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Zrinski had a more than 6,000 vote lead, according to unofficial election returns, with an unspecified number of provisional ballots remaining to be counted.
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Colleen Laird, a lifelong Bethlehem resident and Democrat, brought in 8,336 votes across Lehigh and Northampton counties.
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Follow along with LehighValleyNews.com to get the latest in breaking Election Night news for the 2023 Pennsylvania general election.
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Check out searchable, unofficial returns for contested school board races in Lehigh and Northampton counties.
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Preliminary results show a Democratic sweep in the hotly contested East Penn School Board race, over Republican challengers by over 1,000 votes each in the hotly contested and controversy laden race
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These are searchable, unofficial results as reported by the Lehigh County elections office on Tuesday night. Provisional ballots are not included. The vote will remain unofficial until certified in several days.
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Crampsie Smith said she will focus on fiscal management, smart growth, neighborhoods, infrastructure.
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James Fuller, a resident of Allen Township, announced this week he will run to join the Northampton County bench.
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David Holland, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and nursing professor at East Stroudsburg University, will run for Northampton County Council as a Democrat, he announced Wednesday.
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The long-time Upper Saucon Township resident is a former supervisor and currently serves in several township roles.
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A Trump administration order cutting off some federal grant funding left providers of key social services racing to figure out if they would still receive critical funding.
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This week on Political Pulse, Tom and Chris discuss the impact natural disasters have on politics. In recent years, that impact has shifted.
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Democrat Amy Cozze, who oversaw Northampton County's elections in 2020 and 2021, will run for county executive this year, she announced Monday.
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Democrat Theresa Fadem, Vice President of the Hellertown Borough Council, announced this weekend that she will join the race for one of Northampton County Council's five at-large seats.
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Northampton County Controller Tara Zrinski will run for county executive, she announced Friday.
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Tina Cantelmi, who some may recognize from her art and local nonprofit work, will be running for a spot on Bethlehem City Council, she announced in a Thursday news release.
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Supervisor Jeffrey Young says he won't run for re-election in 2025 and will serve out his term through the end of the year, ending over two decades of service to the community.
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In his announcement, the Northampton County commissioner attacked the record of outgoing executive Lamont McClure.
